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Eppo – What do you think?

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EviGuest ·
We're expecting our first baby in a couple of months. We want a short, tough, and original name that doesn't sound too out there. Eppo is on our minds, but we're still a tiny bit hesitant. What do you all think? Since the name is practically non-existent and hardly anyone knows it, it's hard to gauge how others will perceive it. Thanks in advance for your honest opinions!

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  1. Anonymous Guest #2

    The name is indeed not very well-known. I know it as an animal name haha, which is why I wouldn't choose it myself. By the way, is it for a boy or a girl?

  2. Evi started this #3

    For a boy :-)

  3. B. Guest #4

    It reminds me of the comic magazine Eppo.

  4. Hartje #5

    I'm thinking about the EPO injections

  5. Gast Guest #6

    I'm also thinking of Epo. Sorry, but my name won't be it.

  6. Mama93 #7

    We always used the name Eppo for someone who wasn't quite right

    I don't think much of it, sorry..

  7. Anonymous Guest #8

    Eppo was a word we used for someone acting weird.

  8. Rose Guest #9

    So old-fashioned and not nice either.

  9. Nelleke #10

    No, not beautiful.. sorry.
    Maybe.
    Rico Timo Dani Jibbe Loïc
    Those are also names that don't occur very often, I think.... maybe you can use them..

  10. Betty #11

    I think he's quite nice and cheerful. The one I know who's called Eppo is also cheerful and friendly. So only positive associations.

  11. sweet #12

    I don't think much of it either. I work in healthcare, and I'm indeed also thinking about the EPO injections.

  12. LJ23 Guest #13

    Just like Mama93, we used the name Eppo for a strange guy from the neighborhood who wasn't quite 100%...
    If multiple people have that association, I'd definitely choose a different name.

  13. anoniem22 #14

    We use it in the family as gekkie malle eppo or malle eppi, so I wouldn't go for that name myself.

  14. Anonymous Guest #15

    Indeed, epo is also used here for gekkie/rare. And I heard someone in a completely different part of the Netherlands use it in the same way.
    I wouldn't do it myself.

  15. Anonymous Guest #16

    Eppo then, not Epo

  16. jane Guest #17

    Maybe Eppe or Epke?

  17. Anno Guest #18

    Okay, I know a boy who was called Eppo. He got bullied a lot. It quickly turned into "Pippo" (the clown). So at age 14, he started using his second name. But that was Adriaan... So that was pretty sad.

    No matter how much I like the name Eppo (seriously!), it's also used here in the sense of "what an Eppo!" (goofball, idiot), so I personally wouldn't choose that name.

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